## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) ### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) August 06 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) August 07 2025 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d8/093f-d8bbb939.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/093f.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=9f0dec0c)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18861:why-congress-might-impeach-trump-and-actually-remove-him-from-office&catid=9) IMPORTANT READS ## [ Why Congress Might Impeach Trump and Actually Remove Him From Office ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18861:why-congress-might-impeach-trump-and-actually-remove-him-from-office&catid=9) f you haven’t seen Casino, Pesci’s character, Nicky Santoro, is basically the same as his GoodFellas character: a mobster so violent and erratic he scares the other mobsters. Throughout the film, the narrator tells us that the Mafia bosses… ### More Coverage - [The Butcher of Ankara’s Visit to the House of Lies](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18817:the-butcher-of-ankara-s-visit-to-the-house-of-lies&catid=9) - [We Know Exactly Where to Get the Money to Fix Inequality](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18731:we-know-exactly-where-to-get-the-money-to-fix-inequality&catid=9) - [When Church and State Collide](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18730:when-church-and-state-collide&catid=9) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a4/092l-a4652cac.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/092l.png&thumbnail=610,405,&hash=51f65ed4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18843:time-for-a-billionaire-ban&catid=9)IMPORTANT READS ## [Time for a Billionaire Ban](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18843:time-for-a-billionaire-ban&catid=9) Supposedly Gate was talking about a wealth tax 2020 candidates have supported. But no plan yet proposed would seize $100 billion from the philanthrocapitalist anytime soon. Even if it did, he’d still be one of the richest men in the world… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a3/099l-a3ff2ed3.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2019/099l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7ae42ea3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18817:the-butcher-of-ankara-s-visit-to-the-house-of-lies&catid=9)### [The Butcher of Ankara’s Visit to the House of Lies](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18817:the-butcher-of-ankara-s-visit-to-the-house-of-lies&catid=9) WORLD WATCH-Trump’s inviting of Turkey’s President Erdogan to Washington comes at a peculiar time when the House of Representatives is purs… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7b/087i-7b81c998.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2019/087i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=10f2f907) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18731:we-know-exactly-where-to-get-the-money-to-fix-inequality&catid=9)### [We Know Exactly Where to Get the Money to Fix Inequality](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18731:we-know-exactly-where-to-get-the-money-to-fix-inequality&catid=9) HIGHTOWER ON POLITICS-Jesse Jackson ran a strong populist campaign for president in 1988, advocating bold new policies and programs to addr… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/28/087g-28924594.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2019/087g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f4754ca8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18730:when-church-and-state-collide&catid=9)### [When Church and State Collide](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18730:when-church-and-state-collide&catid=9) PERSPECTIVE--Intrigued by the controversy that erupted over Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech before the American Association of Chri… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/47/082c-47826cf6.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2019/082c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fbeafd1a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18619:we-can-t-hug-away-injustice&catid=9)### [We Can’t Hug Away Injustice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18619:we-can-t-hug-away-injustice&catid=9) OTHER WORDS-We caught a glimpse of humanity recently when Amber Guyger, a former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering Botham Jean… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/19/078f-19015313.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/078f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b66b8b1e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18530:trump-is-the-result-not-the-cause&catid=9)### [Trump is The Result, Not the Cause](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18530:trump-is-the-result-not-the-cause&catid=9) ONE MAN’S OPINION-As many now believe or suspect, Trump did not plan on becoming President. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/34/078e-34e3ac7b.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/078e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d81cf3d5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18529:trump-s-ukraine-call-not-a-transcript-proves-this-is-stupid-watergate&catid=9)### [Trump’s Ukraine Call 'Not-a-Transcript' Proves This Is 'Stupid Watergate'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18529:trump-s-ukraine-call-not-a-transcript-proves-this-is-stupid-watergate&catid=9) ANOTHER TRUMP FIRST, SELF IMPEACHMENT-Jesus H. Christ on work-release, this is what they thought they could put out there? What's next? Dig… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1f/078k-1f2ca1d2.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/078k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=257f0be2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18527:listen-to-the-children&catid=9)### [Listen to the Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18527:listen-to-the-children&catid=9) CLIMATE POLITCS-The Republicans are on the sidelines on the climate crisis. Government scientists are muzzled. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/97/077i-97bcac4f.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/077i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b37b1b74) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18511:the-ultra-costly-underwhelming-f-35-fighter&catid=9)### [The Ultra-Costly, Underwhelming F-35 Fighter](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18511:the-ultra-costly-underwhelming-f-35-fighter&catid=9) ESSAY--How are you with numbers? I can deal with $1.5 million. I think I can even imagine $1.5 billion, a sum a thousand times greater. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a5/077t-a5b10ef1.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/077t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f0fd27c7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18510:climate-race-and-health&catid=9)### [Climate, Race, and Health](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18510:climate-race-and-health&catid=9) CLIMATE POLITICS-There are misanthropes who understandably and regrettably express grim satisfaction with the prospects of climate chaos af… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/79/076i-79484f02.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/076i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1177a6a7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18488:who-monitors-the-public-square&catid=9)### [Who Monitors the Public Square?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18488:who-monitors-the-public-square&catid=9) NEW RESISTANCE-- “Yes, I had sex with a free thinking and physically attractive man and I don’t feel ashamed,” she declared in a recent Fac… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/24/075u-243a810d.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/075u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=098223c2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18453:socialism-made-america-great&catid=9)### [‘Socialism’ Made America Great](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18453:socialism-made-america-great&catid=9) DEBUNKING THE ‘S’ WORD-From single-payer health care to climate change, the 2020 Democrats have ambitious plans. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e8/075s-e8f60c5e.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/075s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7cb37622) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18451:warren-rolls-out-plan-she-calls-most-sweeping-set-of-anti-corruption-reforms-since-watergate&catid=9)### [Warren Rolls Out Plan She Calls 'Most Sweeping Set of Anti-Corruption Reforms Since Watergate'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18451:warren-rolls-out-plan-she-calls-most-sweeping-set-of-anti-corruption-reforms-since-watergate&catid=9) CORRUPTION CAPITAL--Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday unveiled a wide-ranging plan to combat corrup… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/58/072w-5895999d.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/072w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=02151d9b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18389:how-lausd-illegally-targets-more-expensive-senior-teachers&catid=9)### [How LAUSD Illegally Targets More Expensive Senior Teachers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18389:how-lausd-illegally-targets-more-expensive-senior-teachers&catid=9) MY TURN-The following article pertains to an LAUSD teacher named Edward Carter. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b0/071a-b05443da.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/071a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=59916f72) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18371:will-antarctic-ice-doom-us-all&catid=9)### [Will Antarctic Ice Doom Us All?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18371:will-antarctic-ice-doom-us-all&catid=9) CLIMATE POLITICS--For years, scientists have struggled to figure out exactly how much methane is trapped under the ice at the north and sou… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/67/071p-67cae88d.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/071p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c32d052b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18368:beto-o-rourke-on-odessa-mass-shooting-this-is-f-ked-up&catid=9)### [Beto O’Rourke On Odessa Mass Shooting: This is ‘F—ked Up’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18368:beto-o-rourke-on-odessa-mass-shooting-this-is-f-ked-up&catid=9) POLITICS--With the increasing occurrences of mass shootings, America is turning into the killing fields, literally. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/64/070e-6459ccf6.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2019/070e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=58314c30) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18354:the-silencing-of-dissent&catid=9)### [The Silencing of Dissent](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18354:the-silencing-of-dissent&catid=9) ESSAY--The ruling elites, who grasp that the reigning ideology of global corporate capitalism and imperial expansion no longer has moral or… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f7/070o-f7743787.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2019/070o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1436562d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18352:don-t-subsidize-companies-that-silence-workers&catid=9)### [Don't Subsidize Companies That Silence Workers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18352:don-t-subsidize-companies-that-silence-workers&catid=9) LABOR 2019--When workers can’t organize or speak out, their lives — and ours — may be at risk. 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